Hip Hop Changed My Life

This is the first slideshow we've made at ABC Capricornia and it's a beauty. Gabriel Willie wanted to make a story about his love of hiphop music and how it has helped him during some of the big changes going on in his life

Gab shot the pics, wrote the music and edited it all himself with very little help. I've worked with Gab before on other projects so it was easy work as he has great skill levels and a real passion for music and storytelling. He plans on being involved in all of the ABC Open gigs coming up so I look forward to hearing some more of his deadly music!

The slideshow took Gab a day to shoot the pics and record the interview, then Gab worked on the ABC laptop with me and spent a day editing it. He wrote the music track at home and recorded it on his ipod. All in all it took about two days. Gab used the slideshow as a part of a multimedia job application and actually got the job - so he was pretty happy!

I'm now working with seven other community producers and am really excited to see their stories.

I'm also working on a slideshow myself because it's no fun watching everyone else make stuff! My story is about a retired fisherman called the Denis the Menace who has just built his 36th boat in the backyard. Denis reckons if you can't beat 'em, build 'em, and sail around the world!

Keep your eye out for some amazing new stories from Capricornia, including an old cow cocky from Springsure who just happened to be a world champion buck jumper in 1958 and has the pics to prove it. The story is called Tough as Nails.